Music

The Montreal Jazz Festival celebrated it's 39th year with a spectacular array of over 150 musical artists from around Canada, the United States and the world. This annual event that should be on every music aficionado's or international traveler's bucket list. The festival is much more than music. It's the food, the art and the city of Montréal, Quebec. Take a look at Jazz 24/7's, Tessil Collins' photo gallery of highlights.

Listen to Wallace Roney's Live from Scullers performance from the Friday May 25th broadcast on 89.7 WGBH's Eric in the Evening program.

The passage of time has the tendency to render even the most superbly talented artists mute. Tastes change, fashions fall out of vogue, and our attention gradually becomes redirected. But on rare occasions, a resurgence of interest can coalesce around an individual whose stylish execution is matched by their technical prowess and the breadth of their perpetual influence on subsequent generations of artists.

Danny along with bassist Justin Grinnell and Julien Cantelm on drums performed a stellar set of material from their Alternative Takes and One Day It Will CDs.

Beck took to the stage and performed to a very energetic crowd at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion last night. Hearing “Loser” live made it hard to believe that it’s been nearly 25 years since his classic first single was released. He played plenty of other classics, in addition to his more recent work, in front of a background of eye-popping, rotating imagery. All in all, this was a pretty cool way to spend a Sunday evening in the summer.

The Rock and Roll Playhouse live music experience gives children the opportunity to connect with the music, and their parents' musical tastes.

On a sticky morning in early July, I met singer Robbie Wulfsohn and drummer Sampson Hellerman of Ripe at Devlin’s, an Irish pub on Washington Street in Brighton. The bar was empty and the World Cup played on the lone television screen; the match was a knockout round between Brazil and Mexico. Hellerman, hopeful for a Mexican victory (they lost 2-0), sat quietly glued to the screen. Wulfsohn and I exchanged pleasantries as we always do, as two colleagues in Boston’s close-knit music scene. Wulfsohn had recently made an appearance at a show I performed with Aubrey Haddard a few days earlier.

A little rain didn’t stop the party at this weekend’s first annual BAMS Festival. Franklin Park was still celebrating and with good reason -- the lineup was chock full with some of Boston's best musical and spoken-word artists, including STL GLD, Latrell James, and Jha D.

Host Brian O'Donovan explores traditional and contemporary music from around the Celtic world, connecting emerging artists to their deep musical roots.

On a cold winter night in Somerville, MA, one of Ireland's most exciting bands, Dervish, played in front of an intimate, but lively sold-out crowd in the backroom of The Burren. "Red-Haired Mary" is from their album Midsummer's Night released in 1999.

At the 2010 show, Robbie O'Connell and Brian O'Donovan discuss the ritual, the song, and the fun that was wrought throughout.

The tradition of the Round Robin continues during this year's Christmas Celtic Sojourn.

Violinist Maura Shawn Scanlin and guitarist Conor Hearn unite to form “Rakish.” The pair gets their namesake from the traditional Irish tune Rakish Paddy, an origin that aptly suits the duo and their shared background in traditional Irish and Scottish music. Maura Shawn, a two-time U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion and a winner of the Glenfiddich Fiddle Competition, wields the technical range of an accomplished classical violinist and the deep sensitivity of a traditional musician. Conor, a native to the Irish music communities of Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD, makes his home in Boston playing guitar for a number of traditional music acts and bands.

Her 2017 intimate centennial tribute to Leonard Bernstein “For Lenny” was awarded the 2017 Classical Recording Foundation Award and debuted in the Billboard Top 20.

The Boston-based band puts adds their "Noir Punk" flare to an old classic, originally recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1967.

The Philadelphia-based band performs live, fresh on the heels of their tenth studio album release -- Critical Equation.